Earlier this year, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States showed that fatherhood leads to a drop in testosterone. Fathers who are most actively involved in child rearing and caretaking experience the biggest decline. These findings, far from suggesting that men become wimps as they become […]
October is annual National Work & Family Month. Who knew? A 2003 U.S. Senate Resolution declared this to be the month of “encouraging workplaces to pause…and reflect on the progress already made on the journey to work-life effectiveness, to celebrate and then raise the bar moving on to even more pervasive progress.” Though it’s admirable […]
This piece was originally published at the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Pop culture is important. It permeates our lives and becomes an integral part of our way of relating to each other. Whether you like the content or not, almost everyone has a sense of what “American Idol” is about, just like we […]
This piece was originally published on Grist. Republished with permission. As I’ve talked to and read about people coming to terms with their decisions not to have kids, the comparison has come up over and over. “I felt like a gay person must feel, coming out of the closet and having these people validating me.” […]
There are days when I’m amazed at how easy it is to change the world. Those are the days when my kids accept as fact the things I tell them about how the world works (or, perhaps more accurately, how it should work). Statements that might sound strange or jarring to someone who has been […]
Republished from Citibabes, where Matt Schneider is a regular contributor. Check out his other work on their site. Parenting gurus often like to point out that moms and dads are very different, and they often use back-handed statements to suggest that mothers are inherently more capable and nurturing. These experts will say things like, “dad […]
This article originally appeared as a guest post of the She Negotiates blog on Forbes.com. Republished with permission. As a publisher I appreciate a provocative headline. A good hook is more important than ever in our link-and-like economy. But I bristled at the sexist assumption in the title of Daniel Freedman’s March 16th column, “Do […]
Editor’s Note: This piece is a collaboration between Misty McLaughlin and Michel Erard, a husband and wife who have a young son together. They have each authored a section, denoted by the name that appears above the text. Misty: Our son, who I’ll call V here, has my last name. Not a hyphenated name, nor […]
